Tuesday, October 13 - Friday, October 16
Friday
I was very impressed by the Creative Responses that were presented today. We will listen the remainder of the presentations next week.
Thursday
We reviewed basic essay structure in class today and reviewed the elements of a good thesis. For the remainder of the class time, people had an opportunity to work on the Creative Response which is due tomorrow.
Wednesday
For those of you who were away today, I brought up the issue of absences from this class which seem to be increasing with each week that passes. While many of the absences are excused for illness or sports, etc. an equal number are unexcused absences. At this point it is my responsibility to contact parents and the administration to make them aware of the situation. With the level of absenteeism it is no surprise that there are also a number of students with missing assignments. It is part of my professional responsibility to connect with parents and let them know if a student is falling behind. I feel it is only fair to give you the heads-up before I start contacting parents.
Today there was an edit quiz based on the Painted Door response (please remember if you have outstanding quizzes to write, you must take care of them by the end of this week. If, in the future, you have other missed quizzes, you will have one week to make them up before a "0" is assigned.
On a positive note! I spoke to many students today about the Creative Response which is due on Friday. I was genuinely impressed with the creativity that many of you are demonstrating.
Tuesday
Today I handed out progress reports. We went over some errors that I noted in the response to The Painted Door. Tomorrow there will be a quiz on recognizing those errors. We discussed the Creative Response rationale and the rubric for grading the response. Work time was provided.
Wednesday, October 14 - Good copy of Painted Door response & quiz on editing.
I was very impressed by the Creative Responses that were presented today. We will listen the remainder of the presentations next week.
Thursday
We reviewed basic essay structure in class today and reviewed the elements of a good thesis. For the remainder of the class time, people had an opportunity to work on the Creative Response which is due tomorrow.
Wednesday
For those of you who were away today, I brought up the issue of absences from this class which seem to be increasing with each week that passes. While many of the absences are excused for illness or sports, etc. an equal number are unexcused absences. At this point it is my responsibility to contact parents and the administration to make them aware of the situation. With the level of absenteeism it is no surprise that there are also a number of students with missing assignments. It is part of my professional responsibility to connect with parents and let them know if a student is falling behind. I feel it is only fair to give you the heads-up before I start contacting parents.
Today there was an edit quiz based on the Painted Door response (please remember if you have outstanding quizzes to write, you must take care of them by the end of this week. If, in the future, you have other missed quizzes, you will have one week to make them up before a "0" is assigned.
On a positive note! I spoke to many students today about the Creative Response which is due on Friday. I was genuinely impressed with the creativity that many of you are demonstrating.
Tuesday
Today I handed out progress reports. We went over some errors that I noted in the response to The Painted Door. Tomorrow there will be a quiz on recognizing those errors. We discussed the Creative Response rationale and the rubric for grading the response. Work time was provided.
Wednesday, October 14 - Good copy of Painted Door response & quiz on editing.
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